15 successful people who skipped college

March 12, 2013 |Business Insider

Most people know that Bill Gates was a college dropout, but here are 15 others who beat the odds. See some highly successful people who never went or never finished college.

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Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg started WordPress, which now powers 16 percent of the web. Mullenweg dropped out of the University of Houston in 2004. Even then, he was so precocious that he didn't bother with their computer classes. For the Chronicle: Thomas B. Shea

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Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg started WordPress, which now powers 16 percent of the web. Mullenweg dropped out of the University of Houston in 2004. Even then, he was so precocious that he didn't bother with their computer classes. For the Chronicle: Thomas B. Shea